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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[January, 



value.) The value of all the prizes together is 

 more than ^^500, Sterling. There are 87 medals 

 for Hyacinths, 60 for Tulips, 17 for Narcis- 

 sus, and smaller numbers for Crocus, Fritillaria, 

 Galanthus, Leucojum, Scilla, Chionodoxa, Mus- 

 cari, Erythronium, Anemones, Ranunculas, Lilium, 

 Gladiolus, Iris, Helleborus, Hepatica, Trillium, 

 Convallaria, Hotea, Spirea, Dicentra, Terrestrial 

 Orchids, Pffionia, Amaryllis, Imanthophyllum, Eu- 

 charis, Orchids, Gesneriaceae, Begonia, Anthuri- 

 um, Caladium, Calla, Cyclamen, Tropaeolum, 

 Lachenalia, Sparaxis, Phormium and Yucca, as 

 well as for miscellaneous, rare or new bulbous and 

 tuberous-rooted plants. 



A large number of medals are besides offered 

 for table decorations, bouquets, arrangements of 

 flowers, baskets, etc., with flowers or plants with 

 this peculiar condition, that all the flowers, which 

 are put in these arrangements ought to be those 

 of bulbous or tuberous-rooted plants. 



This show will doubtless be a great attraction to 

 all those who take an interest in bulb-growing. It 

 will give a better idea of the collection of spring 

 bulbs grown in the neighborhood of Haarlem than 

 any show did before, and will be well worth com- 

 ing over for a few days to Holland to see. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



American Pomological Society. — Prepara- 

 tions are being made by the Michigan Pomologists 

 to make the next meeting of this society, which 

 is to be held in their State, one of the most suc- 

 cessful on record. 



The Pennsylvania State Horticultural 

 Society.— This body meets this year in Lancaster 

 on January 2 1 St and 22d. The usual arrange- 

 ments for excursion tickets will be made, appli- 

 cation for which must be made to E. B. Engle, 

 Secretary, Chambcrsburg, Pa. 



We have no details of any special business, 

 except that Mr. Meehan has been asked to make 

 a verbal address on "The connection of Fruits and 

 Flowers with the Progress of Civilization," which 

 he has accepted, with the proviso that other duties 

 shall permit him to attend as he hopes to do. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. — Mr. 

 J. E. Mitchell, a leading merchant of Phila- 

 delphia, who has long and faithfully served the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society as Vice 

 President, has been elected to the Presidency of 

 the Society, in the place of the late W. L. Schaffer, 

 Esq., whose death we recorded some time since. 



Chrysanthemums at the New York Show. — 

 Mr. Gerald Howatt gives the Country Geriileman 

 some account of the Chrysanthemum Show at 

 the recent Fair of the American Institute, from 

 which we take the following, as giving some 

 points in comparison with the plants exhibited in 

 Philadelphia, of which we gave some account in 

 our last. Following are some of the most prom- 

 inent standards, grown in 10 and 12-inch pots, 

 height of stem measured from surface of pot : 



"Empress of Modii — White ; stock, 2 ft. 9 in. ; 

 head of flowers, 2 ft. 9 in. diameter. Hermoine — 

 Yellow ; stock, 2 ft. 10 in. ; head 2 ft. diameter. 

 Duchess of Edinburgh — Stock, 2 ft. 10 in. ; head, 



2 It. ; flesh color. Mrs. Prindell — White ; stock, 



3 ft. 6 in. ; head 2 ft. diameter. Beauty — Flesh ; 

 stock, 3 ft. 6 in. ; head, 2 ft. Venica — Flesh ; 

 stock, 3 ft. 6 in. ; head, 2 ft. 4 in. diameter. Ful- 

 gore — Crimson ; stock, 4 ft. 6 in. ; head 2 ft. 4 in. 

 diameter. Orange Beauty — Orange ; stock, 2 ft. 

 6 in. ; head, 2 ft. 6 in. diameter. Sir B. Seymour — 

 Orange; stock, 2 ft. 10 in.; head, 2 ft. 6 in. 

 diameter. Mrs. C. L. A/ien-Vink; stock, 3 ft. ; 

 head, 3 ft. diameter. Grandifloruin — Yellow ; 

 stock, 2 ft. 6 in. ; head, 3 ft. diameter. President 

 Parkman — Pink; stock, 3 ft.; head, 3ft. diameter. 

 California — Yellow ; stock, 2 ft. ; head, 3 ft. di- 

 ameter. Venus — Pink; stock, 3 ft,; head, 3 ft. 

 diameter." 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society.— 

 The meeting on December 14th, though including 

 the usual wide range of exhibits, was emphatic- 

 ally the Chrysanthemum Show. A correspondent 

 kindly furnishes us with a list of the persons who 

 obtained the premiums, but unfortunately there 

 are few details that are likely to be of more gene- 

 ra! interest. In Dr. Walcott's collection there ap- 

 pears to have been seventy-five distinct varieties; 

 in E. A. Wood's, sixty-nine ; in Col. Wilder's, 

 fifty four ; from which it would appear that a great 

 number of varieties are grown in collections about 

 Boston. La Charmeuse is given as the name of 

 the variety that obtained the premium as the best 

 single specimen of a Japanese variety. 



The only description of the e.\hibits as furnished 

 to us is, that the plants were " remarkably fine," 

 "most excellent," and "more magnificent than 

 ever before." The foreign grapes exhibited were 

 "fine," and the pears were "fine," while some 

 Northern Spy and Tompkins County King apples 

 were "excellent." The celery had "fine roots," 

 while the large potatoes on exhibition came from 

 the use of somebody's "patent fertilizer." Unfor- 

 tunately for our readers we fear these terms will 

 have no very precise meaning, and we have to 

 regret, that it is all we can give of what appears to 

 have been a grand and very useful exhibition. 



